Volcanic And Plutonic Rocks Presentation PDF
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This presentation provides information about volcanic and plutonic rocks. It explains how these types of rocks are formed, and the difference between them. The information is relevant to high school earth science.
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rock volcaic plutooic Volcanic rocks are formed Plutonic rocks are igneous rocks above the ground from the hot that are formed underground or deep under the Earth's surface...
rock volcaic plutooic Volcanic rocks are formed Plutonic rocks are igneous rocks above the ground from the hot that are formed underground or deep under the Earth's surface. magma that erupts from a They are intrusive igneous rocks volcano onto the surface of with coarse grain size and are the Earth. The hot magma is formed due to the intrusion or insertion of magma between other called lava when it comes out rocks below the surface of the onto the Earth's surface. As Earth. This magma cools down or the lava cools down it starts solidifies below the surface to form changing into crystals. The plutonic rocks. Plutonic rocks are coarse-grained as they are formed crystals continue to grow as slowly that allows the formation of long as lava keeps losing heat large crystals before the magma and cools or solidifies. solidifies into a rock.
